Do we have a special bond with another if we name them? I’m not talking about family pets. Goldie the goldfish doesn’t qualify. I named 18 Grade 1 students this year. It was a considerable chore. Relatives, and friends from high school, now have chinese youngsters bearing their names.

Kiki was named after an absent co-worker. She has a sly smile and the benevolent evil glint of a seven-year-old in her dark eyes. Classes are finished now. I will miss my daily kick in the shins.